AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT

LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 663-332 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 663-332 B.C.
Seated with tail curled around its right side, the alert ears with incised edges, the right ear pierced and threaded with a bronze earring, the eyes recessed, wearing an aegis necklace, the counterpoise joined with the suspension loop on its back
5 ¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Franz Waldner collection.
Resandro collection, acquired from the above, 1978.

Exhibited

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst Munchen; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.

Présenté par

Chanel Clarke

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Descriptif du lot

PUBLISHED:
Schoske & Wildung, 1993, p. 10, no. 2.
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 160, no. R-475.

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